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More than simply a study of the mafia, this book argues that collaboration between political science and criminology is critical to understanding the real nature of organized crime and its power. It extends into a consideration of the possible future development of organized crime in the age of advanced globalization.Read more...

A neo-Marxist interpretation of organized crime --
Historical observations on clear[ly] and present[ly] danger[ous] plant life --
A tale of two coups : Shanghai 1927 and La Paz 1980 --
Elites, cocaine, and power in Colombia and Peru --
Beyond modern capitalism : Soviet and post-Soviet organized crime --
Beyond modern capitalism : mercantile piracy --
The racket and new world disorder : control and domination in the age of globalization.

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For years I have known, followed and much admired Alfredo's frontline reporting on drug wars, especially those in and around the Andes against coca. He has found and well documented a heart of darkness in his and my field, criminal justice or criminology, globally. Every student of crime and criminal justice should know what he reports in this enormously important report on organized crime and corruption in the Americas. -- Hal Pepinsky, Professor of Criminal Justice, Indiana University, Bloomington, and Walden UniversityRead more...